#9A8AAA#9A8AAA

#9A8AAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.050 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8AAA
RGB	rgb(154, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(270, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 12.27, -14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 19.11, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0306 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.05 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6693, 27.9494, 41.8542)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8AAA #9AAA8A

analogous

#8A8AAA #9A8AAA #AA8AAA

triadic

#9A8AAA #AA9A8A #8AAA9A

tetradic

#9A8AAA #AA8A8A #9AAA8A #8AAAAA

square

#9A8AAA #AA8A8A #9AAA8A #8AAAAA

split-complementary

#9A8AAA #AAAA8A #8AAA8A

monochromatic

#5D4E6C #7B688F #9A8AAA #B9ADC4 #D7D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9A8AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#9A8AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8AAA

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8AAA	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8890A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.050 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8acc3',
    500: '#9a8aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8aaa;
$custom-light: #b8acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65851,
    "c": 0.05006,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8AAA

secondary

#C8CEC2

accent

#9A4B73

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8AAA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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